âWe did two takes of the song, and itâs performed in front of a pretty big crowd,â Demme remembered. âAnd by that point, Meryl wasnât even looking at the strings, she was just playing.
âOzymandiasâ is at first glance a sonnet about the transitory nature of life and its pretensions of fame and fortune. The decaying, ancient statue bears witness to the fact that the pursuit of power and glory for their own sakes are not only fleeting, but they are also illusory, unworthy ambitions even within the lifetime of their seekers.
1 Hank's death scene was shot in one take. 2  The poem Ozymandias was recited by Bryan Cranston as a promotion for the return of Season 5. 3  In a possible continuity error, the phone number for the White residence 's land line in this episode differs from that shown on Skyler's divorce application papers in  Mas .  mÃ¡s